Return Trip Day 12 - Huangshan Moutain

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April 22nd 2015
Today we woke up, ate breakfast, and drove to the base of Huangshan ("Yellow Mountain”). The mountain wasn’t yellow today, nor is it ever. The name comes from the translation of “Huangshan.” Emperor Huang unified China in and was apparently its first emperor. Tradition says that he climbed to the top of this mountain to codify the unification of the country, and then ascended to heaven. Th ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more